Last week I thought we were safe. The U.S. Senate had gone home and pulled the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 off the senate floor to go where all dead bills go. Then on Thursday, like Frankenstein, Senate Bill 1348 came back to life.
A lot of people have very different opinions of this immigration bill. They should, since it has 281 sections. The problem for most people is not necessarily the wording in the bill, though some sections would make you wonder if this bill was written by senators from the U.S. One opinion that does seems universal is that when it really comes down to it, no one thinks the Feds can implement it. No matter how much tough language the Senate puts in about strengthening the border with beefed-up border patrols or electronic surveillance equipment, no one believes it. No matter how much it talks about verifications and doing background checks, no one believes it. In fact, most average Americans have evidence to the contrary that the federal government cannot handle any program of this size and complexity. Government agencies make the cable companies look good.
